"contained the reprise of ""Suddenly, Seymour"". This scene was re-shot and the reprise was placed later in the new ending. In the final theatrical cut, the only miniatures that are retained are the New York City streets passing behind Steve Martin's motorcycle ride at the beginning of ""Dentist!"" ""When we did re-shoot the ending, the crowd reaction went over 50 percent in our favor. Before it was a point where they hated it so much, Warner probably wouldn't even release the movie,"" Oz said. ""Little Shop of Horrors"", after a delay needed to complete the revised ending, was released on"
"Little Shop of Horrors (film) Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American rock musical comedy horror film directed by Frank Oz. It is a film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman about a geeky florist shop worker who finds out his Venus flytrap can speak. Menken and Ashman's Off-Broadway musical was based on the low-budget 1960 film ""The Little Shop of Horrors"", directed by Roger Corman. The 1986 film stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, and Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II."
"the act on the set, they separate. After his wise, and composed older brother Tommy helps him see how empty womanizing really is, Michael puts ""The Sandman"" to work in a bid to win Katherine back. A Little Sex A Little Sex is a 1982 American comedy film produced by MTM Enterprises and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Bruce Paltrow and written by Bob DeLaurentis. Young television producer, Michael Donovan, tries to abandon his womanizing ways when he meets and marries elementary school teacher Katherine. Among his endearments to her is filming himself in his studio, costumed"
"A Little Sex A Little Sex is a 1982 American comedy film produced by MTM Enterprises and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Bruce Paltrow and written by Bob DeLaurentis. Young television producer, Michael Donovan, tries to abandon his womanizing ways when he meets and marries elementary school teacher Katherine. Among his endearments to her is filming himself in his studio, costumed as ""The Sandman,"" sitting on a makeshift moon with a starry background, and telling stories to entertain Katherine's class. When Michael's struggles to resist the near-irresistible temptations on his job lead to Katherine catching him in"
"animated television series, ""Little Shop"", inspired by the musical film, premiered in 1991. It ran for one season on Fox Kids in 1991. Seymour and Audrey were depicted as 13-year-olds, and the plant, ""Junior"", was a rapping carnivorous prehistoric creature that sprouted from a fossilized seed. Each episode featured a few stylish music video sequences; Corman served as a creative consultant on the show. The film was colorized twice, the first time being in 1987. This version was poorly received. The film was colorized again by Legend Films, who released their colorized version as well as a restored black-and-white version"
"example, calling him a 'meathead' or 'pest,' and saying he'd ""rather be talking to a termite."" Brace-faced neighborhood bully Paine Driller replaces the character of Orin Scrivello, the dentist. Audrey, Seymour's love interest, is a bow-wearing brunette who is always thinking about what job she wants when she grows up. She is the daughter of Mr. Mushnik in this version. Little Shop Little Shop is a 1991 American/French animated fantasy comedy television series that aired on Saturday mornings on the Fox Kids TV network in 1991, about a teenager and a giant talking plant. ""Little Shop"" was based on the"
"The Little Match Seller The Little Match Seller is a 1902 British short silent drama film, directed by James Williamson, retelling the classic Hans Christian Andersen fable of the sad life and tragic death of a little match seller. This major fiction film of the period was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, ""a serious attempt at depicting a person's inner emotional life on film through purely visual means (there is no onscreen text of any kind), using trick effects not to provoke laughter but for serious dramatic reasons."" BFI Screenonline reviewer Michael Brooke states that the film, ""shows"
"Small Soldiers Small Soldiers is a 1998 American science fiction film, directed by Joe Dante. It revolves around two adolescents who get caught in the middle of a war between two factions of sentient action figures, the Gorgonites and the Commando Elite. Despite mixed reviews, the film is also considered to be a cult film among fans. Top defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company and as part of the move, Globotech CEO Gil Mars tells Heartland toy designers Larry Benson and Irwin Wayfair to develop actual live action toys capable of ""playing back"". Mars selects Larry's antagonistic"
"the tiny hero for profit. Director Pal worked with cinematographer Georges Périnal, animators Wah Chang and Gene Warren, art director Elliot Scott and special effects artist Tom Howard to create the animated and fantasy sequences. Peggy Lee wrote the songs, and Douglas Gamley and Ken Jones wrote the music. The film is referenced in ""The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm"" (1962) and ""Pinkeltje"" (1978). The film is also featured in ""That's Dancing!"" (1985) The filming locations for the movie were in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA and London, England. Jonathan, a poor but honest lumberjack, lives in the forest"
"a calamitous attempt to resurrect the old-style musical and was released to audience indifference in 1980. ""Little Shop of Horrors"" was based on an off-Broadway musical adaptation of a 1960 Roger Corman film, a precursor of later film-to-stage-to-film adaptations, including ""The Producers"". Many animated films of the period – predominately from Disney – included traditional musical numbers. Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Stephen Schwartz had previous musical theatre experience and wrote songs for animated films during this time, supplanting Disney workhorses the Sherman Brothers. Starting with 1989's ""The Little Mermaid"", the Disney Renaissance gave new life to the musical film."
"in 1962 by ""40 Pounds of Trouble,"" which also featured Tony Curtis in a modified Sorrowful Jones role. This 1962 remake failed at the box office. Little Miss Marker (1980 film) Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Walter Bernstein, based on a short story by Damon Runyon. It stars Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart and new arrival Sara Stimson. It is a remake of the 1934 film of the same name starring Shirley Temple and Adolphe Menjou. Sorrowful Jones (Matthau) is a gloomy, cantankerous bookie circa 1934, who is confronted"
"with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and again as ""Little Miss Marker"" in 1980 with Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Brian Dennehy, and Lee Grant. Another remake was 1962's ""40 Pounds of Trouble"", starring Tony Curtis as a casino manager who is left with an eight-year-old girl. Scott Ellis and David Thompson are working on a musical adaptation of the film to feature songs by Harold Arlen as its score. The plot and title of the film are referenced by the book ""Little Myth Marker"", part of Robert Asprin's MythAdventures series. Little Miss Marker Little Miss Marker"
"Little Miss Marker (1980 film) Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Walter Bernstein, based on a short story by Damon Runyon. It stars Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart and new arrival Sara Stimson. It is a remake of the 1934 film of the same name starring Shirley Temple and Adolphe Menjou. Sorrowful Jones (Matthau) is a gloomy, cantankerous bookie circa 1934, who is confronted by Carter, a gambler who cannot pay a $10 debt. He ultimately gives his 6-year-old daughter (Stimson) to Sorrowful's gangster-run gambling operation as a ""marker"" (collateral)"
"The Old Curiosity Shop (1911 film) The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1911 American silent short drama film produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film is an adaptation of ""The Old Curiosity Shop"" by Charles Dickens that was limited to the time constrictions of the single reel format. The film focuses on the grandfather who gambles into poverty and the consequences which eventually claim the life of Little Nell. Its survival and attribution as a Thanhouser film was noted by Kamilla Elliott in her 2003 book ""Rethinking the Novel/Film Debate"" under the title ""Little Nell"". In 2012, the work was"
"All the Little Animals All the Little Animals is a 1998 feature film, directed and produced by Jeremy Thomas, based on the novel of the same name by Walker Hamilton. It was adapted for the screen by Eski Thomas, and starred Christian Bale and John Hurt. The film screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in the United States on 3 September 1999. The story centers on an emotionally challenged man named Bobby (Christian Bale). He runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather (Daniel Benzali), nicknamed ""The"
"into a film of the same name in 1993 which was directed by Fraser C. Heston. A new shop named ""Needful Things"" opens in the town of Castle Rock, Maine, sparking the curiosity of its citizens. The proprietor, Leland Gaunt, is a charming elderly gentleman who always seems to have an item in stock that is perfectly suited to any customer who comes through his door. The prices are surprisingly low, considering the merchandise – such as a rare Sandy Koufax baseball card, a carnival glass lampshade, and a fragment of wood believed to be from Noah's Ark – but"
"Barbershop (film) Barbershop is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Tim Story, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 13, 2002. Starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, and Anthony Anderson, the movie revolves around social life in a barbershop on the South Side of Chicago. ""Barbershop"" also proved to be a star-making vehicle for acting newcomers Eve and Michael Ealy. It is the first film in the ""Barbershop"" film series. On a cold winter day, Calvin Palmer Jr. (Ice Cube) decides he has had enough of trying to keep open the barbershop his father handed"
"Little Big Shot Little Big Shot is a 1935 American film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Sybil Jason and Glenda Farrell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 7, 1935. A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters. Mortimer Thompson (Edward Everett Horton) and Steve Craig (Robert Armstrong) are a pair of sidewalk confidence men working Broadway one step ahead of the police selling phony watches. Broke, they arrange to have dinner with Gibbs, an old friend, thinking he will help them with some money. Gibbs and his young daughter Gloria"
"Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series) Littlest Pet Shop is a Canadian–American children's animated television series developed by Julie McNally-Cahill and Tim Cahill for Hasbro Studios. Based on the Littlest Pet Shop and Blythe toys owned by Hasbro, the show follows Blythe Baxter, a teenage girl who, after moving into an apartment in a metropolitan area, gains the ability to communicate with animals. Located below her apartment is the eponymous pet store where Blythe works and talks to a group of pets who regularly reside at a day care in the shop. Worried that a corrupt rival business will drive"
"is exclusively for women and children. The site has appeared as a location in several movies, including ""The Sting"", and television shows such as ""Starsky & Hutch"", ""Baretta"", and ""Quincy ME"". The 1960 comedy horror film ""The Little Shop of Horrors"" is set in Skid Row; however, the location of the 1982 musical (and its 1986 film adaptation) was moved to New York City (although the song ""Skid Row (Downtown)"" exists in both). Skid Row was also used as a location for filming the music video for the Michael Jackson song ""Beat It"". It was featured as the base of"
"""The Film That Changed My Life"": Oz began his behind-the-camera work when he co-directed the fantasy film ""The Dark Crystal"" with long-time collaborator Jim Henson. The film featured the most advanced puppets ever created for a movie. Oz further employed those skills in directing 1984's ""The Muppets Take Manhattan"", as well as sharing a screenwriting credit. In 1986, he directed his first film that did not involve Henson, ""Little Shop Of Horrors"". The musical film starred Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene, as well as Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, John Candy, Christopher Guest, Jim Belushi and a 15-foot-tall talking"
"""The Nitty Gritty""; ""The Tinker's Dam""<br> 1982: ""Snow Business""<br> 1983: ""Heroes""; ""The Caprices of Marianne""; ""Goodbye Paradis Can-Can""<br> 1984: ""The Fantastic Adventures of the Count of St. Germain""; ""The Kitchen""; ""The Cloudkeeper""<br> 1985: ""Yang Zen Frogs""; ""Lulu""; ""The Bourgeois Gentleman""; ""Christopher Columbus"";<br> 1986: ""Splendid""; ""Place de Breteuil""; ""August, August, August""; ""Circus""; ""Exit the King""<br> 1987: ""Romeo and Juliet""; ""N'yawk, N'yawk, Who's There?""; ""Lorenzaccio""; ""Cafe Under the Earth""<br> 1988: ""Red Noses""; ""The 7 Dwarves""<br> 1989: ""1789: The French Revolution""; ""Holiday in Kerflooey""; ""Cyrano""; ""The Force of Habit""<br> 1990: ""Some People's Kids""; ""Il Campiello""<br> 1991: ""Puntilla and His Chauffeur Matti""; ""Crusoe, Friday,"
"My Little Girl My Little Girl is a 1986 American drama film the directorial debut of Connie Kaiserman that was released in the U.S. in 1987. It is also Geraldine Page's final role and Jennifer Lopez' film debut. Franny Bettinger (Masterson) has had a privileged and wealthy upbringing. One summer she takes a job at a halfway house where she finds herself personally affected by the people she meets. Despite facing hostility due to her background, Bettinger becomes determined to teach the youngsters that they are important and can succeed in life. Unfortunately, she faces opposition from her parents and"
"Small Sacrifices Small Sacrifices is a 1989 American made-for-television crime drama film written by Joyce Eliason and based on the best-selling true crime book by Ann Rule of the same name. The film is about Diane Downs and the murder and attempted murder of her three children. It stars Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp, John Shea and Emily Perkins. The film premiered on ABC on 12 November 1989. On 19 May 1983 at approximately 10:48 p.m, Diane Downs, drives to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in Springfield, Oregon with a gunshot wound to her arm. She claims that an unknown assailant attempted"
"on the ""Billboard"" 200 and #9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Barbershop (film) Barbershop is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Tim Story, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 13, 2002. Starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, and Anthony Anderson, the movie revolves around social life in a barbershop on the South Side of Chicago. ""Barbershop"" also proved to be a star-making vehicle for acting newcomers Eve and Michael Ealy. It is the first film in the ""Barbershop"" film series. On a cold winter day, Calvin Palmer Jr. (Ice Cube) decides he has had"
"The Story of a Small Town The Story of a Small Town (Chinese: 小城故事; pinyin: xiǎochéng gùshì) is a 1979 Taiwanese film, produced by Hsiao Chung Productions (). The film revolves around a family living in a small town. Kenny Bee plays the male family member who is released from prison and falls in love with a mute woman (Joan Lin). The film was remade as a TV series, featuring Yang Kuei-mei () and Yin Xiaotian (). In the 16th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (1979), this film won the Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Joan Lin),"
"the station's ""Now Showing"" segment merely clicked his tongue to eliminate the offending word: ""The Best Little [click, click] in Texas!"" During interviews, Parton sometimes referred to the film as ""The Best Little Chicken House in Texas"". ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" opened in 1,400 theaters on July 23, 1982 and earned $11,874,268 in its opening weekend, ranking number one in the United States box office, dethroning ""E.T. The Extra Terrestrial""s six-week run at the top of the box office. The film closed on October 21, having grossed $69,701,637 domestically. The film received mixed reviews from critics. On review"
"Littlest Pet Shop (1995 TV series) Littlest Pet Shop is an animated children's television series based on the toy franchise ""Littlest Pet Shop"" released by Kenner Products. The series debuted on October 16, 1995 in the United States as it was syndicated to local stations by distributor Claster Television. It was produced by Sunbow Entertainment in the United States, and Créativité & Développement and AB Productions in France. ""Littlest Pet Shop"" follows the lives of five miniature animals who live in a pet shop on Littlest Lane and have their own treehouse inside of the store. ""Littlest Pet Shop"" was"
"Gamart, and Bill Nighy as Edmund Brundish. The film, a Spanish-British-German co-production, was internationally released in 2017. Filming locations included Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland and Barcelona, Spain. The Bookshop The Bookshop (1978) is a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The novel, set mainly in 1959, centres around Florence Green, a middle-aged widow, who decides to open a bookshop in the small coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk. The location she chooses is the Old House, an abandoned, damp property said to be haunted by a ""rapper"" (a poltergeist). After many sacrifices, Florence manages"
"fight ensues. The demon is defeated as he is broken into pieces. The next morning when the owner arrives and sees the damage he sells the china as antiques. The China Shop The China Shop is a short animated Disney cartoon, it was released in 1934 in the Silly Symphonies series. The short was directed by Wilfred Jackson and is told to be a step ahead in the character staging for the age, because of the thoughful opening scene in which the shopkeeper closes the store, contrasting with the broad kind of movements made by the time. It's closing time"
"The Small One The Small One is a 1978 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released theatrically by Buena Vista Distribution on December 16, 1978 with a Christmas 1978 re-issue of ""Pinocchio"". The story is based on a children's book of the same name by Charles Tazewell and was an experiment for the new generation of Disney animators including Don Bluth, Richard Rich, Henry Selick, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy. The story tells of a young boy, outside Nazareth, who must part with his best friend, an old donkey named Small One. He brings it to"
"Small Change (film) Small Change () is a 1976 French film directed by François Truffaut about childhood innocence and child abuse. The French title translates as ""Pocket Money""; but since there was a Paul Newman movie called ""Pocket Money"", Steven Spielberg suggested the title ""Small Change"" for the US release. In English-speaking countries outside North America the film is known as ""Pocket Money"". The film had a total of 1,810,280 admissions in France, making it one of Truffaut's most successful films. Only his films ""The 400 Blows"" and ""The Last Metro"" were more popular in France. ""Small Change"" is a"
"Little Tokyo, U.S.A. Little Tokyo, U.S.A. is a 1942 American film. Produced in the period just after the United States entered World War II, it was meant to alert Americans to the dangers of foreign agents. It is now controversial for its largely negative portrayal of Japanese-Americans. The story, set in late 1941, follows Los Angeles cop Michael Steele (Preston Foster) as he investigates a series of crimes involving the local Japanese-American community. The story gradually reveals that the crimes are to cover up a Japanese-American cabal's efforts to facilitate Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. After the horrific military attack,"